Decapoda - Brachyura - Carcinidae - Parathranites

Parathranites parahexagonus Crosnier, 2002

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World Distribution
French Polynesia (Tuamotu).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 240-240 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Parathranites hexagonum - Poupin, 1996a: 98 (Checklist); 1996b: 36, pl. 17a (Not P. hexagonum Rathbun, 1906, in part, specimen from Vanavana only; see Crosnier, 2002). - Parathranites parahexagonum Crosnier, 2002: 822, fig. 9b (Tuamotu, Vanavana, coll. Frv Marara, fr, stn 331, 20°45,7’S, 139°10,1’W, casier, 240 m, 28.X.1990, 1 female 22 x 45 mm, MNHN-B 27754).

Comment(s) on data
See Evans (2018, PeerJ) for classification of this genus in Carcinidae.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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